Tigers Enter USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships As Number-Two Seed

Feb. 2, 2005

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The #3-ranked Clemson women’s tennis team will open competition in the 2005 USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Madison, WI on Thursday. As the second seed in the tournament, Clemson (1-0) will face #14 Kentucky in the first round on Thursday at 3 p.m. CT.

The USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championship is collegiate tennis’ premier indoor team tournament. The tournament began in 1988 and each season this event also offers a preview of the teams to beat in the May NCAA Championships. Wisconsin has served as host school since the event’s inception. This year’s field includes 14 of the top 16 teams from this week’s ITA national rankings.

This will be Clemson’s second all-time appearance in the event. The Tigers competed in the elite tournament in 1994 in which they lost to #2 Stanford in the opening round by a score of 5-2. In the consolation bracket, they defeated #12 Mississippi before losing to #14 Southern California.

Thursday’s opening round schedule is as follows (seeding in parenthesis; all times CT): (1) Stanford vs. Harvard, 9 a.m. CT (8) Washington vs. New Mexico, 9 a.m. (4) Northwestern vs. Georgia, 9 a.m. (5) Vanderbilt vs. Wisconsin, 9 a.m. (6) Duke vs. Texas A&M, 3 p.m. (3) UCLA vs. Miami (Fla.), 3 p.m. (7) Tulane vs. North Carolina, 3 p.m. (2) Clemson vs. Kentucky, 3 p.m.

The tournament can be followed on itatennis.com and uwbadgers.com